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Mary Karr Memoir Reading List

Adams, Henry. the education of henry adams. mont saint michel and chartres
Allende, Isabel. the sun of our days
Als, Hilton. the women
Amis, Martin. experience
Angelou, Maya. i know why the caged bird sings
Antrim, Donald. the afterlife
Arenas, Reinaldo. before night falls
Ayer, Pico. falling off the map
Saint Augustine. confessions
Baldwin, James. notes of a native son
Batuman, Elif. the possessed: adventures with Russian books and the people who read them
Beah, Ishmael. a long way gone
Beck, Edward. god underneath: spiritual memoirs of a Catholic priest
Berhard, Thomas. gathering evidence
Black Elk. black elk speaks
Blow, Charles M. fire shut up in my bones
Bourdain, Anthony. kitchen confidential
Boyett, Micha. found: a story of questions grace and everyday prayer
Brave Bird, Mary. lakota woman
Brickhouse, Jamie. dangerous when wet
Brown, Claude. manchild in the promised land
Buford, Bill. among the thugs. heat
Burgess, Anthony.
Busch, Benjamin.
Cairns, Scott.
Carr, David.
Carroll, James
Chaudhuri, Nirad C.
Chatwin, Bruce.
Chast, Roz.
Cheever, Susan
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
Churchill, Winston
Ciszek, Walter SJ
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Coetzee, J M.
Collins, Judy
Conroy, Frank
Conway, Jill Kerr
Covington, Dennis
Crews, Harry
Crick, Francis and James Watson
Crowell, Rodney
Dau, John Bul
Day, Dorothy
Dinesen, Isak
Didion, Joan
Dillard, Annie
Doty, Mark
Douglass, Frederick
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Dubus, Andre, III
Dunham, Lena
Dylan, Bob
Eggers, Dave
Eire, Carlos
Exley, Frederick
Fey, Tina
Forna, Aminatta
Fox, Paula
Frame, Janet
Frankl, Viktor
Franklin, Benjamin
Frazier, Ian
Frenkel, Edward
Fuller, Alexandra
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
Gellhorn, Martha
George, Nelson
Geronimo
Gilbert, Elizabeth
Ginzburg, Yevgenia
Gourevitch, Philip
Graves, Robert
Gray, Francine du Plessix
Grealy, Luch
Greene, Graham
Guevara, Ernesto Che
Haley, Alex and Malcolm X
Hamilton, Gabrielle
Hampl, Patricia
Hardy, G.H.
Harrison, Kathryn
Haxton, Brooks
Hemingway, Ernest
Herr, Michael
Hickey, Dave
Hogan, Linda
Hongo, Garrett
Hooks, Bell
Huang, Eddie
Hurston, Zora Neale
Irving, Debby
Jackson, Phil
Jacobs, Harriet
Jamison, Kay
Jordan, June
Keller, Helen
Kidder, Tracy
Kincaid, Jamaica
King, Stephen
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Knausgard, Karl Ove
Krakauer, Jon
Lawrence, T. E.
Least Heat-Moon, William
Levi, Primo
Lewis, C. S.
Liao, Yiwu
Lopate, Philip
Lorde, Audre
Lowell, Robert
Macdonald, Helen
Malan, Rian
Mandela, Nelson
Mandelstam, Nadezhda
Manguso, Sarah
Mantel, Hilary
Markham, Beryl
Martin, Steve
Matthiessen, Peter
Mayle, Peter
McBride, James
McCarthy, Mary
McCourt, Frank
McPhee, John
Merton, Thomas
Milburn, Michael
Mingus, Charlea
Momaday, N. Scott
Momette, Paul
Moody, Anne
Murakami, Haruki
Nabokov, Vladimir
Nafisi, Azar
Neruda, Pablo
Nolan, Ty
Norris, Kathleen
Oates, Joyce Carol
Olsen, Tillie
Ondaatje, Michael
O'Rourke, Meghan
Orwell, George
Parker, Mary Louise
Patchett, Ann
Pirsig, Robert
Raban, Jonathan
Radziwill, Carole
Raphael, Lev
Red Cloud with Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Reed, Ishmael
Rios, Albert
Rodriguez, Richard
Roth, Marco
Russell, Betrand
St Aubyn, Edward
Sallans, Ryan
Santiago, Esmeralda
Sartre, Jean-Paul
Sassoon, Siegfried
Shackleton, Ernest
Shakur, Assata
Shakur, Sanyika
Shteyngart, Gary
Sleigh, Tom
Smith, Patti
Smith, Tracy K.
Solomon, Andrew
Sontag, Susan
Soto, Jock
Stahl, Jerry
Strayed, Cheryl
Talley, Andre Leon
Tan, Amy
Theroux, Paul
Tolstoy, Leo
Thompson, Ahmir-Khalib
Thompson, Hunter S.
Trillin, Calvin
Twain, Mark
Walls, Jeannette
Wainaina, Binyavanga
Washington, Booker T.
Watt, Robert Lee
Weil, Simone
Welty, Eudora
White, Edmu d
White, T. H.
Wideman, John Edgar
Wiesel, Elie
Winterson, Jeanette
Wolfe, Tom
Wolfe, Geoffrey
Wolfe, Tobias
Woolf, Virginia
Wright, Richard
Yen Mah, Adeline
Zailckas, Koren

Happy St Patricks!

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2018 Best Feminist Books

https://www.autostraddle.com/50-of-the-best-feminist-books-of-2018-442742/

Obama's 2017 read/play list

During my presidency, I started a tradition of sharing my reading lists and playlists. It was a nice way to reflect on the works that resonated with me and lift up authors and artists from around the world. With some extra time on my hands this year to catch up, I wanted to share the books and music that I enjoyed most. From songs that got me moving to stories that inspired me, here's my 2017 list — I hope you enjoy it and have a happy and healthy New Year.

The best books I read in 2017:
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Grant by Ron Chernow
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Five-Carat Soul by James McBride
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
*Bonus for hoops fans: Coach Wooden and Me by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Basketball (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano

My favorite songs of 2017:
Mi Gente by J Balvin & Willy William
Havana by Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug)
Blessed by Daniel Caesar
The Joke by Brandi Carlile
First World Problems by Chance The Rapper (feat. Daniel Caesar)
Rise Up by Andra Day
Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled (feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)
Family Feud by Jay-Z (feat. Beyoncé)
Humble by Kendrick Lamar
La Dame et Ses Valises by Les Amazones d’Afrique (feat. Nneka)
Unforgettable by French Montana (feat. Swae Lee)
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness by The National
Chanel by Frank Ocean
Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man
Butterfly Effect by Travis Scott
Matter of Time by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Little Bit by Mavis Staples
Millionaire by Chris Stapleton
Sign of the Times by Harry Styles
Broken Clocks by SZA
Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix) by U2
*Bonus: Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen (not out yet, but the blues version in his Broadway show is the best!)

"...life says “Change...”

https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/5485/profound-must-read-fiction/?c=ACR

Aberdeenshire Reading List

For mental health week:

https://aberdeenshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SVL(MOODBOOSTERSGL)&SORTS=SQL_RANDOM&QRYTEXT=Best%20Sellers